COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== COOLGARDIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Menzies, Leonora, Mt Magnet, Mt Margaret -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Labour unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,105 +34.2 Votes cast: 9,685 33.3 Informal votes: 376 03.9 Formal votes: 9,309 96.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Archibald WAP 2,503 26.9 Hon Hugh MAHON * Lab 6,806 73.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,309 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister for Home Affairs 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Guildford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,078 +38.8 Votes cast: 10,145 37.5 +06.6 Informal votes: 718 07.1 +00.3 Formal votes: 9,427 92.9 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Carpenter * Lab 4,629 49.1 -12.2 William HEDGES WAP 4,798 50.9 +12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,427 00.9 12.2 to WAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The WAP vote is compared with the Free Trade vote in 1906. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Henry Carpenter (1863-1930): Elected 1903. Defeated 1906 Later career: Left ALP 1916 over conscription. Died 11 September 1930 > William Noah Hedges (1854-1935): Elected 1906 Born: 1854, Hertfordshire, England. Career: Primary education. Migrated 1878. Public works contractor. To Western Australia 1893. Company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hedges joined the Liberal Party in 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Brown Hill, Hannans, Kalgoorlie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 16.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,928 +20.3 Votes cast: 10,104 36.2 -02.7 Informal votes: 338 03.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 9,766 96.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Burton WAP 2,051 21.0 -12.4 Charles FRAZER * Lab 7,715 79.0 +12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,766 29.0 12.4 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- The WAP vote is compared with the Free Trade vote in 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Edward Frazer (1880-1913): Elected 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: Balkatta, Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,093 +18.4 Votes cast: 9,619 30.0 +07.2 Informal votes: 343 03.6 -02.1 Formal votes: 9,276 96.4 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Lab 4,892 52.7 -20.1 Edward Thurstan WAP 4,384 47.3 +20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,276 02.7 20.1 to WAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The WAP vote is compared with the Free Trade vote in 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fowler, a free trader and a supporter of states' rights, opposed the trend to protectionism and centralism in ALP policy. He also disliked and distrusted Hughes. In 1909 he resigned from the ALP Caucus and joined the Liberal Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Collie, Northam, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Protectionist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,269 Votes cast: 13,163 45.0 Informal votes: 453 03.4 Formal votes: 12,710 96.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * WAP 8,418 66.2 Peter O'Loughlen Lab 4,292 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,710 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Loughlen was WA MLA for Forrest 1908-23. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Treasurer to 30 July 1907 Treasurer from 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest resigned as Treasurer because, despite his loyalty to Deakin, he no longer felt able to serve in a government which relied on Labour support. He joined the Liberal party in 1909 and resumed office in Deakin's majority Liberal government. --------------------------------------------------------------------